c. 1600, "act or fact of coming together again," from re- "back, again" + union; or from French réunion (1540s). Meaning "meeting of persons of previous connection" is from 1820.
The island of Reunion, formerly known as Bourbon, was renamed during the French Revolution (1793) in commemoration of the 1792 union of revolutionaries from Marseille with the National Guard in Paris, renamed back to Bourbon after 1815, then back to the Revolutionary name after 1848.
雙語例句
1. I asked McKeown if the reunion was meant to achieve closure.
我問麥基翁重聚是不是為了尋求解脫。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The whole family was there for this big family reunion.
全家人都來參加了這次盛大的家庭聚會。
來自柯林斯例句
3. These two members of Yale's Class of '57 never miss a reunion.